The Comox Valley Regional District board has approved a $75,000 allocation from the Homelessness Supports Service to the Comox Valley Transition Society to renovate the building at 685 Cliffe Ave. to enable the creation of a 33-bed emergency shelter. The building, owned by the City of Courtenay, houses the Connect Warming Centre. Read Full Article … [Read more...] about News: Comox Valley directors approve funds to create 33-bed shelter
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News: Comox Valley Regional District candidates discuss wood stoves, noise bylaws
https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/comox-valley-regional-district-candidates-discuss-wood-stoves-noise-bylaws/ What was your stance on wood-burning stoves?Is the current rural noise bylaw efficient or should the issue be revisited? What is your stance on businesses such as Saratoga, when it comes to the noise levels?How do you suggest the rural community improves on … [Read more...] about News: Comox Valley Regional District candidates discuss wood stoves, noise bylaws
Will Cole-Hamilton on Homelessness
As with communities across B.C. and across Canada, homelessness is a challenge for the City of Courtenay. This has many causes and will require a combination of actions by differing levels of government. Many people are unhoused because of health challenges like addiction and mental illness. These people require support from the provincial health care system, particularly … [Read more...] about Will Cole-Hamilton on Homelessness
News: Courtenay candidates discuss homelessness, crime and reconciliation
https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/courtenay-candidates-discuss-homelessness-crime-and-reconciliation/ In an effort to keep voters as informed as possible heading into the Oct. 15 municipal elections, the Comox Valley Record sent out five questions for Courtenay candidates to answer. Despite commendable efforts from the Coalition to End Homelessness, the number … [Read more...] about News: Courtenay candidates discuss homelessness, crime and reconciliation
Bob Wells on Homelessness
Over the past four years in the City of Courtenay, we have added 1,200 new units, over 80 units of subsidized and supportive units (Braidwood and The Junction), opened the Connect Warming Centre as a place for the unhoused to go for support, and opened the Ocean Front Village adding 126 units of publicly funded seniors housing. Yet due to the extreme escalating costs of … [Read more...] about Bob Wells on Homelessness